Cardiac Arrest, Critical Care and Ultrasound

STEMI with Life-Threatening Hypokalemia and Incessant Torsades de Pointes

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2016

Bedside ultrasound showed no effusion and moderately decreased LV function, with B-lines of pulmonary edema. If cardiac arrest from hypokalemia is imminent (i.e., As I indicated above, in our cardiac arrest case, after pushing 40 mEq, the K only went up to 4.2 Crit Care Med. He appeared to be in shock.

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STEMI Myocardial Infarction Cardiac Arrest Arrhythmia

Chest pain and hypotension in a patient who is 3 weeks post STEMI

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 28, 2012

Below are his presenting STEMI ECG and his post-PCI ECG from 3 weeks prior: Because of the hypotension, chest pain, and T-wave inversions, the physicians were worried about MI, took the patient to the critical care room, and called the cardiologists. Below are still images of the ultrasounds. This is normal for these patients.

Chest Pain

Chest Pain STEMI Pericarditis Ultrasound

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STEMI with Life-Threatening Hypokalemia and Incessant Torsades de Pointes

Chest pain and hypotension in a patient who is 3 weeks post STEMI

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